A point of order:

As I look at this page, I can see on the browser bar "X MArks The Scot// a kilt forum- kilts, not skirts| Microsoft Internet Exp..........." Discuss.

For what it's worth: I am sorry you have decided not to wear your, em, skirt. However, if you had been wearing a kilt...

Sorry, I'll behave now.

Personally, I see kilts as having a front apron, pleats at the back and be made with X yards of material in a certain way by a trained kilt-maker. Even in not tartan materials, this can still happen( e.g. 21st century Kilts.) Hamish has said even he feels his Utilkilts type garments are not kilts, but skirts and (without actually seeing one close) I would tend to agree.

My own choice would be to wear a kilt and not a skirt: so even tho I have a cammo, a leather, etc, they are put together in the traditional way.

It is quite possible that I'm a completely insensitive tube, but I really don't percieve there to be a problem with wearing a kilt in Scotland, of ANY design. Misguided? Blinkered? Just plain stupid? Possibly all 3, but I just don't see it, or get it.